| Description | [original number 36]. Different classes of the Manufacturers of Iron. [Lists seven classes of manufacturers: 1) merchants – importers of iron from foreign countries; 2) iron masters who smelt iron ore at blast furnaces; 3) iron masters who make bar iron at forges; 4) iron masters who make bar iron from scraps; 5) manufacturers of iron wares who employ many thousands at making nails & a great variety of iron wares; 6) merchants who export iron wares; and 7) iron founders whose sole trade is to cast the pig iron into all sorts of foundry wares.] |